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4Read the purport slowly. Read it twice. Don't rush.
5See Lord Caitanya as Kṛṣṇa. Remember who is acting in the pastime.
6Take one thing into your day. Note one point and one practice.

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Antya-līlā · Chapter 18: Rescuing the Lord from the Sea

Antya 18.82 Antya 18.84

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 18.83

পট্টবস্ত্র, অলঙ্কারে, সমর্পিয়া সখী-করে, সূক্ষ্ম-শুক্লবস্ত্র-পরিধান ।

কৃষ্ণ লঞা কান্তাগণ, কৈলা জলাবগাহন, জলকেলি রচিলা সুঠাম ॥ ৮৩ ॥

paṭṭa-vastra, alaṅkāre, samarpiyā sakhī-kare,

sūkṣma-śukla-vastra-paridhāna

kṛṣṇa lañā kāntā-gaṇa, kailā jalāvagāhana,

jala-keli racilā suṭhāma

Translation

“All the gopīs entrusted their silken garments and ornaments to the care of their friends and then put on fine white cloth. Lord Kṛṣṇa, taking His beloved gopīs with Him, bathed and performed very nice pastimes in the water of the Yamunā.

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Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

The Gopīs Join Kṛṣṇa in the Yamunā

1
The gopīs entrusted their silken garments and ornaments to their friends.
2
They put on fine white cloth before entering the water.
3
Lord Kṛṣṇa took His beloved gopīs with Him, bathing and performing very nice pastimes in the Yamunā.

How it feels

Desperate longing and relief. Mistaking the sea for Yamunā, the Lord enters it; devotees find and revive Him.

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Antya 18: Rescuing the Lord from the Sea

From Śrīla Prabhupāda's chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:

Mistaking the sea for the Yamunā River, He jumped into it, hoping to see the water pastimes Kṛṣṇa enjoyed with Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī and the other gopīs. As He floated in the sea, however, He was washed away to the Koṇārka temple, where a fisherman, thinking that the Lord’s body was a big fish, caught Him in his net and brought Him ashore.

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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

paṭṭa-vastrasilk garments
alaṅkāreornaments
samarpiyāentrusting
sakhī-karein the hands of their gopī friends
sūkṣmavery fine
śukla-vastrawhite cloth
paridhānaputting on
kṛṣṇaLord Kṛṣṇa

Key ideas in this verse

The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.

Vraja-smaraṇa · Remembrance of Vṛndāvana
The remembered sweetness of Vraja that colors Mahāprabhu’s pilgrimage, Ratha-yātrā, and later states of separation. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “gopīs”, “yamunā”

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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

What do you notice about the care and companionship in this scene?

Practice

Reread the verse and name its three stages: entrusting belongings, changing clothes, and joining Kṛṣṇa in the water.

Live this todayThe Gopīs Join Kṛṣṇa in the YamunāThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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